antivirus software

How do you calculate the value at risk? Choosing between investing in antivirus software or doing nothing to prevent cybercrime is not black and white. We explore the grey areas of cybersecurity economics.

Cybercrime is costing small businesses an average of £4,000 ($6000) a year, according to the British Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). A report by the group found that 41 per cent of the FSB’s membership have been a victim of cybercrime in the past year. The most common threat is virus infections, with 20% of small businesses falling victim – while 8% have been victims of hacking and 5% have suffered security breaches.

Mario Vuksan, Tomislav Pericin and Brian Karney have been talking…about vulnerabilities they’ve found in various compression formats … as well as their potential for steganographical use or misuse…. Perhaps the main problems here will not be technical vulnerabilitiese but careless users and social engineering attacks.